Air Smoke Refresher

ABSTRACT

The current invention is an apparatus to clean air around a smoke. It is made of a case with air inlets which work with input fans. The air flows through a lime water filter, a silica gel filter and cellulose cotton. The air also flows by an aromatic before going through an air outlet. The apparatus has a power source and an on/off switch connected to the fans. The apparatus can be power by numerous power sources and can be taken with the smoker if desired.

BACKGROUND OF INVENTION

1. Field of Invention

The present invention relates to an Air Refresher and in more particularone the works with the refreshing air from smoke from cigarette, pipeand cigar smoking.

2. Description of Prior Art

The dangers of second hand smoke are well known. There needs to be a wayto keep the air surrounding a person clean especially those who aresitting beside a smoker. This can be in an office, home of any otherenclosed space in order to protect them against the damages of passivesmoking, There is a lack of a number of devices and methods to assistsomeone in this way in prior art.

PRIOR ART

U.S. Pat. No. 4,671,300 by Grube, et al. and issued on Jun. 9, 1987, isfor an ashtray for eliminating emitted smoke is disclosed. The ashtraydefines, within its housing, a predetermined, fixed filter region. Anair filter is positioned within and confined by the filter region toensure that substantially all air passes through the filter medium ofthe air filter.

U.S. Pat. No. 4,732,591 by Tujisawa, et al. and issued on Mar. 22, 1988,is for an air-cleaning apparatus presenting an appearance of a flowerpotcomprises: a hollow container provided with a ventilating hole in itslower portion and an opening in its upper portion; a fan disposed insidethe container; driving means for driving the fan; an air-cleaning filterdisposed above the ventilating hole; an air-permeable supporting platedisposed above the fan and the filter; and a natural and/or imitationgarden plant mounted on the supporting plate, which plant is covered atits root with an air-permeable filter.

U.S. Pat. No. 4,996,995 by Kojima and issued on Mar. 5, 1991, is for anashtray which has a main body including a tray for receiving ashes and ahousing having an opening facing upwardly for housing the tray therein,a lid member for covering the opening of the housing therewith, a hingeassembly for rotatably connecting the lid member to the main body, anair cleaning means disposed at the lid member for removing impuritiesfrom the air, the air cleaning means including a fan for exhausting theair, a drive means for driving the fan and an air cleaner for removingimpurities from the air and a light means for lighting the main body andthe lid member. The ashtray can be used in a dimly-lit-place as well asin a well-lit place, and is able to clean the air by removingimpurities, including smoke emitted from cigarettes or other smokingmaterials.

U.S. Pat. No. 5,141,539 by Hiouani and issued on Aug. 25, 1992, is foran apparatus to direct cigarette smoke and the like in an ambientenvironment relative to a filter housing includes a base, with the basemounting a support plate to an upper distal end of an adjustable tubeadjustably mounted within the base. A filter housing is mounted to theplate to include a fan organization to direct ambient air through thefilter, with a surrounding truncated conical shield oriented about thefilter housing to effect directing of smoke and the like to the filter.

U.S. Pat. No. 5,259,400 by Bruno, et al. and issued on Nov. 9, 1993, isfor an ashtray that has a base with a lid hinged thereto. A filter is inthe lid in order to accommodate an easy filter replacement. An air ductin the lid enables a fan in the base to draw smoke through the filterand out the base. The fan is operated in response to raising the lid toan upright position. The intake to the air duct is far enough fromdebris in the ashtray to preclude drawing the debris into the air duct.The lid tends to seal in odors when it is closed. An area in the basemay also receive a filter in order to provide a compatibility withpreexisting filters.

U.S. Pat. No. 5,325,876 by Yang and issued on Jul. 5, 1994, is for anash tray that includes a device for filtering the nicotine in thecigarette smoke and for changing the cigarette smoke into a harmlessgas. The device includes a catalytic exchanger, an ozone generator, afan, a transformer and a filter enclosed within an enclosure including abase plate and a bowl-shaped cover member.

U.S. Pat. No. 5,542,438 by Adams, et al. and issued on Aug. 6, 1996, isfor a smokeless ashtray system includes a vacuum manifold connecting aplurality of ashtrays to a charcoal filter and a vacuum blower/motorassembly. The vacuum manifold includes spiral wound metal flexible metaltubing segments secured to connectors by heat shrink tubing. Lconnectors connect end most ashtray locations to the manifold, Tconnectors connect intermediate ashtray locations, and a four-wayconnector connects a central ashtray location to the manifold and to thecharcoal filter and blower/motor assembly. Each ashtray locationincludes a flue member having a first end threaded into the associatedconnector and a second end inserted within a recess formed centrally ina bottom surface of a cup-shaped ashtray. A connector mounting bracketincludes locating apertures engaging alignment pins extending from aflat upper surface of the connector, and a flange on the flue memberclamps the bracket to the connector. Screws secure mounting flanges ofthe bracket to the underside of a table or other mounting surface. Acentral chimney in the ashtray includes a shield dome covering an opentop end to prevent ashes and other debris from entering the air flowpath. A replaceable disposable coalescing filter element in the fluemember filters smoke prior to passage into the manifold, thussubstantially reducing tar fouling of the system. A control box includesan on/off switch, a power on LED, and a service needed LED activated bymonitoring load on the motor to indicate filter clogging.

U.S. Pat. No. 5,562,286 by Brinket and issued on Oct. 8, 1996, is for asmoke-eliminating device of simple construction which can easily beinstalled onto a preexisting casino gaming table. The fan forcirculating air during the purification process is located beneath thegaming table to thereby reduce noise and increase the amount of usablearea surrounding the gaming device. The smoke-eliminating device of thepresent invention is placed between the outer edge of the gaming tableand a padded rim above this outer edge. Spaces are placed between thepadded rim and the outer edge of the gaming table, to thereby verticallyraise the padded edge. The space created between the padded rim and thegaming table is filled with intake vents and the spacers. An aircirculator and purifying device is located beneath the table and conduitconnects the intake vents to the air circulator and purifying device.The intake vents thus remove cigarette smoke from near the gaming table,purify the air, and release the purified air beneath the gaming table.

U.S. Pat. No. 5,591,242 by Kuo and issued on Jan. 7, 1997, is for asmoke processor including a housing having a recess, an exhaust fanarranged with the housing, a filter mounted within the housing andlocated above the exhaust fan, a smoke processing container fitted inthe recess of the housing, a flexible pipe connecting the smokeprocessing container with the filter, a cigarette lighter mounted in thesmoke processing container, a linking rod having an upper end pivotallyconnected with the smoke processing container, a rotating disc rotatablyconnected with a lower end of the linking rod, and a fixed disc engagedwith the rotating disc and mounted within the housing, whereby the smokeexhaled by the smoker can be effectively purified thus preventing airpollution.

U.S. Pat. No. 5,601,636 by Glucksman and issued on Feb. 11, 1997, is foran air cleaner assembly for ionizing and filtering air is supported byan electrical receptacle mounted in a wall. A housing supports anenclosed filter and a fan forces air into the housing, wherein the airis filtered and ionized. The filtered and ionized air is forced out ofthe housing through a grill mounted within the housing. A plug connectedto the housing is mateable with the wall mounted electrical receptacleto provide power to the fan and to force air into the housing, throughthe filter, past the ionizer and out through the outlet grill.

U.S. Pat. No. 6,116,246 by Glenn, et al. and issued on Sep. 12, 2000, isfor a smokeless ashtray includes an ashtray that is formed with an ashreceiving cavity and air passageway. The ashtray is supported by ahousing having an upper portion which forms an air intake substantiallyadjacent to the ash receiving cavity, and a bottom portion whichremovably receives the ashtray. The bottom portion also includes a motorfilter receiving space and is formed with an exhaust aperture. A motoris mounted within the motor filter receiving space with a fan beingconnected thereto such that the fan is located below the ashtray. Thesmokeless ashtray also includes an ashtray filter and/or a motor filter.The air passageway of the ashtray is configured to receive the ashtrayfilter while the motor filter receiving space within bottom portion ofthe housing is configured to receive the motor filter. The fan createsan air flow by drawing smoke-filled air into the air intake down throughthe air passageway and out through the exhaust aperture with at leastone of the ashtray filter and the motor filter being located within theair flow to remove smoke and impurities therefrom.

U.S. Pat. No. 6,156,088 by Cardarelli and issued on Dec. 5, 2000, is fora smoke and odor purifying system which can be incorporated within ahousing that can serve both as a table centerpiece and an ashtray. Thesystem having an esthetically pleasing flower vase construction withpetal shaped appendages for resting of cigarettes or the like. A floralarrangement is made up of individual artificial flowers. Each flowerhaving an opening in the bud for drawing in smoke-filled air and passingit through the system. Also defined within the petals of the housing area plurality of intake openings through which cigarette smoke, as well assecondary smoke from the surrounding area may be drawn downwardlythrough the device. An electrically or battery powered fan means,positioned below a filtration and odor-treatment system, drives thesmoke through the system which includes an electrostatic prefilteringbed followed by an activated charcoal bed, an H.E.P.A. filter andfinally another activated charcoal bed containing an air fresheningmaterial. Refreshed and smoke free air is returned to the surroundingatmosphere through a plurality of exhaust vents located at the bottom ofthe housing.

U.S. Pat. No. 6,328,791 by Pillion, et al. Dec. 11, 2001, is for an airfiltration device for intake of atmospheric air, removal of contaminantsfrom the atmospheric air, expulsion of filtered air, includes a housingconfigured for application directly to an electrical outlet and providesair intake from the front surface of the housing and air expulsion fromthe side of the housing to utilize a wall surface to disperse thefiltered air. An indicator is provided to communicate that a filtershould be changed, and a filter orientation system is provided to allowproper orientation of the filter with respect to air flow.

U.S. Pat. No. 6,350,302 by Hallstead, Sr. and issued on Feb. 26, 2002,is for an air filtration system for filtering smoke from the air. Thesystem includes a filter tank for holding a volume of water. A bulkheadwall therein divides the filter tank into first and second compartmentsand has a hole there through to permit passage of water between thefirst and second compartments of the filter tank. A mesh screensubstantially covers the hole of the bulkhead. An air intake conduit isfluidly connected to the first compartment of the filter tank fordrawing unfiltered air and debris into the filter tank from a locationsuch as a room. A water supply conduit is fluidly connected to thefilter tank for supplying water to the filter tank. A vacuum device isprovided for drawing air out of the filter tank. The vacuum device hasan intake fluidly connected to the second compartment of the filter tankfor drawing air from the filter tank into the vacuum device. The vacuumdevice has a first return conduit for receiving air drawn into thevacuum device through the intake of the vacuum device. A holding tank isprovided for holding water therein. A main drain conduit fluidlyconnects the filter tank to the holding tank. A sewer drain conduit isfluidly connected to the holding tank to permit passage of water out ofthe holding tank. A stopper assembly is provided for selectively openingand closing the main drain conduit.

U.S. Pat. No. 6,361,590 by Gilbert, Jr., et al. and issued on Mar. 26,2002, is for a portable air cleaner including a housing defining an airinlet, an air outlet, and an air flow path therebetween, a centrifugalblower retained within the air flow path and operable to draw airthrough the inlet and a filter retained within the housing and disposedto transmit air circulating in the air flow path out of the outlet. Alsoincluded is a conveyor surrounding the blower and defining a scrollshaped passage having one end disposed to receive air from the blowerand an opposite end disposed to discharge air into the filter, theconveyor being shaped and arranged to obstruct all rectilinear pathsbetween the blower and the opposite end.

U.S. Pat. No. 7,025,798 by Endo and issued on Apr. 11, 2006, is for apersonal tabletop-type air cleaner is provided which is user-friendlyand can improve smoke sucking efficiency in a simple configuration. Thedisclosed personal tabletop-type air cleaner has a front opening portionto suck air containing smoke of a cigarette, a blower to forcedly feedair having been sucked into the front opening portions in a centrifugalmanner, a pair of right and left peripheral opening portions each beingplaced in a fringe portion on the right and the left at a front of theair cleaner and forming an air curtain by emitting air fed forcedly fromthe blower ahead of the front of the air cleaner, a dust collectingfilter being placed between the front opening portion and the blower toremove cigarette odor, and a deodorizing filter being placed between theblower and each peripheral opening portion making up the pair of rightand left peripheral opening portions to remove cigarette odor.

U.S. Pat. No. 7,302,954 by Shigematsu, et al. and issued on Dec. 4,2007, is for a system in which a constitutive element of a tobacco (aleaf-tobacco component or a filter) is added a proanthocyanidin or aproanthocyanidin-carrying porous material (such as an active carbon) toobtain an element for tobacco smoke. The proanthocyanidin may be atleast one extract selected from a grape seed or pip, a grape rind orpericarp and squeezed dregs of a grape fruit.

U.S. Pat. RE36,106 by Bruno, et al. and issued on Feb. 23, 1999, is foran ashtray has a base with a lid hinged thereto. A filter is in the lidin order to accommodate an easy filter replacement. An air duct in thelid enables a fan in the base to draw smoke through the filter and outthe base. The fan is operated in response to raising the lid to anupright position. The intake to the air duct is far enough from debrisin the ashtray to preclude drawing the debris into the air duct. The lidtends to seal in odors when it is closed. An area in the base may alsoreceive a filter in order to provide a compatibility with preexistingfilters.

There is still room for improvement in the art.

SUMMARY OF INVENTION

The current invention is an apparatus that maintains the air surroundinga person clean especially those who are sitting beside a smoker. Thiscan be in an office, home of any other enclosed space in order toprotect them against the damages of passive smoking, The apparatus sucksthe air of the smoker directly from the smoker or from the ash tray.This helps to keep the air clean and perfumed.

The system is more efficient, effective, accurate and functional thanthe current art.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF DRAWINGS

Without restricting the full scope of this invention, the preferred formof this invention is illustrated in the following drawings:

FIG. 1 shows a cross section of the apparatus;

FIG. 2 displays a top front view of the apparatus; and

FIG. 3 displays a simple schematic of the device electronic; and

FIG. 4 displays the layout of the apparatus.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION

The following description is demonstrative in nature and is not intendedto limit the scope of the invention or its application of uses.

There are a number of significant design features and improvementsincorporated within the invention.

As shown in FIG. 1, the current invention is an apparatus that maintainsthe air surrounding a person clean especially those who are sittingbeside a smoker. This can be in an office, home of any other enclosedspace in order to protect them against the damages of passive smoking.The apparatus sucks the air of the smoker directly from the smoker orfrom the ash tray. This helps to keep the air clean and perfumed.

The apparatus maintains the air surrounding the person clean especiallythose whose are setting beside a smoker either in the office, at home orany other closed place in order to protect them against the damages ofthe passive smoking where it sucks the air of the smoker directly orfrom an ash tray. This helps keep the air clean and perfumed.

The device works on keeping the air clean and not polluted and keepingthe air free of pollution gas such as Carbon Monoxide and Carbon dioxidewhich result from a burning cigarette or cigar, protecting the familymembers or the employees sitting beside a smoker, especially those withallergies, lung disease and chronic asthma, keeping the air always cleanand perfumed and it is small so that it can be used in any closed place.And it can be operated electrically.

FIG. 1 shows the workings of the apparatus. The apparatus is containedin a case 5, which in the preferred embodiment is rectangular in shape,but other shapes can be used.

The Air inlet 10 is next to the cigarette ash tray 35. There is anotherair inlet 20 from the smoker's mouth directly or from the polluted air.There is a lower fan 30 to suck the polluted air or smoke. There is anupper fan 40 to suck the smoke from the ash tray 35. There is aninternal fan 50 to suck the air from the front fans (30 and 40) and passit to the filters. There Is a Lime water filter 60 for the sedimentationof the nicotine and other pollutants. There is a Silica Gel filter 70 tofilter the sedimentation of the harmful Carbon Monoxide and CarbonDioxide. There is Cellulose cotton 80 to filter the filter the air toensure cleaner air. There is a aromatic fan 90 to push the air thoughthe aromatic 100 to perfume the air. There is an outlet fan 110 to pushthe air outside the apparatus after cleaning, filtering and making theair aromatic through the outlet 120.

The aromatic 100 scents the output air with a desired scent of the user.This can be a scented cake or any standard air scenting device and/ormeans.

FIG. 2 shows the lower air inlet 15 which is near the smoker's mouth orthe polluted air as well as the air tray 35. It also displays the upperair inlet 45 from the cigarette ash tray 35.

FIG. 3 shows a simple schematic of the fan circuitry. The lower fan 30,the upper fan 40, the aromatic fan 95 and the outlet fan 110 areconnected to a power source 140 and are turned on and off through aswitch 145. The normal connection is through electrical wiring 150. Anystandard electrical switch can be used including one connected to awireless or sound sensor on/off device.

Most smoke air cleaning apparatus are used as air refreshers withoutfiltering the air from the pollutants. Their functions is limited inrefreshing the air by using the aromatic material and scents but theinnovated apparatus considers this function of refreshing thesurrounding air as a partial function

The prior art devices available in the market are mostly used to filterthe air from the pollutants, bacteria and nasty smells and most of themare operated by the battery (charged or the normal) or directly byelectricity but the new created apparatus includes filters of differenttypes for the sedimentation of harmful materials (such as smoke ofcigarette, burning papers, in the office/bacteria/air pollutions/dust.etc. This is the essential difference between it and those available inthe market. It also may be operated by more than one means as the powersource 140 such as batteries/electrically directly to a plug in a wallsocket/USB from PC or laptop or a cigarette lighter.

As shown in FIG. 1, the apparatus works through the section of the air200 thorough the ash tray or by the smoke coming from the smokerdirectly. Transferring the polluted air 200 to the filter which removesthe Nicotine residue from among its components or even if it was dust orany other pollutant. The passing of the air through the silica gel andlimewater and some pieces of coal is used to collect the residue CarbonMonoxide and Carbon Dioxide. After the passing of the air after beingcleaned on a perfumed material the air comes out perfumed and clean.

In the preferred embodiment, the apparatus 1 is in a rectangular cabinet5 which is wide enough to hold the ash tray 35 and to steadily standupright. There is an overhang 240 over and forming the ash tray area 235which serves to hold the smoke from the ashtray so that in can be suckedin by the upper fan 40. There is the smoke input chamber 250 which holdsthe two input fans which in the preferred embodiment is in a “Z” shape.There is the filter chamber 260 which contains the internal fan 50 tosuck the air from the front fans (30 and 40) and pass it to the filtersand contains the lime water filter 60, the Silica Gel filter and thecellulose cotton 80. The filter chamber 260 is a vertical rectangle. Thearomatic chamber 270 contains the aromatic 100, the aromatic fan 95 andthe outlet fan 110. It is rectangular in shape the runs vertically inthe back of the device. The air flows from the input chamber 250 to thefilter chamber 260 to the aromatic chamber 270.

The filters and aromatic 100 will be able to be removed and replaced orcleaned in the preferred embodiment.

ADVANTAGES

The apparatus is light in weight and filters maybe easily replaced orcleaned after use. Since it is small in size to be carried from place toplace or may be put anywhere and it maybe used in more than one placesuch as house, a vehicle or office.

Although the present invention has been described in considerable detailwith reference to certain preferred versions thereof, other versions arepossible. Therefore, the point and scope of the appended claims shouldnot be limited to the description of the preferred versions containedherein.

As to a further discussion of the manner of usage and operation of thepresent invention, the same should be apparent from the abovedescription. Accordingly, no further discussion relating to the mannerof usage and operation will be provided. With respect to the abovedescription, it is to be realized that the optimum dimensionalrelationships for the parts of the invention, to include variations insize, materials, shape, form, function and manner of operation, assemblyand use, are deemed readily apparent and obvious to one skilled in theart, and all equivalent relationships to those illustrated in thedrawings and described in the specification are intended to beencompassed by the present invention.

Therefore, the foregoing is considered as illustrative only of theprinciples of the invention. Further, since numerous modifications andchanges will readily occur to those skilled in the art, it is notdesired to limit the invention to the exact construction and operationshown and described, and accordingly, all suitable modifications andequivalents may be resorted to, falling within the scope of theinvention.

1. An apparatus to clean air comprising: a case with a plurality of airinlets with a plurality of input fans at said air inlets where the airflows through a lime water filter, a silica gel filter and cellulosecotton with the air flowing by an aromatic and then out through an airoutlet.
 2. The apparatus as described in claim 1, further comprisinghaving an air inlet by an ash tray.
 3. The apparatus as described inclaim 1, further comprising having an air inlet by a smoker's mouth. 4.The apparatus as described in claim 1, further comprising having anoutlet fan by the air outlet to push the air out of the case.
 5. Theapparatus as described in claim 1, further comprising having an aromaticfan push the air by the aromatic.
 6. The apparatus as described in claim1, further comprising having power source connected to said fans.
 7. Theapparatus as described in claim 6, further comprising having said powersource being a USB slot.
 8. The apparatus as described in claim 6,further comprising having said power source being a battery.
 9. Theapparatus as described in claim 6, further comprising having said powersource being a direct connection.
 10. The apparatus as described inclaim 1, further comprising having said fans being turned on and offthrough an on/off switch.
 11. The apparatus as described in claim 1,further comprising having said fans being connected to power source andan on/off switch and being turned on and off through an on/off switch.12. The apparatus as described in claim 1, further comprising havingsaid case having an overhang extend out to form an ash tray area whichserves to hold the smoke from the ashtray so that in can be sucked in byan input fan.
 13. The apparatus as described in claim 1, furthercomprising having said case having a smoke input chamber which holds theplurality of input fans
 14. The apparatus as described in claim 1,further comprising having said case having a filter chamber whichcontains the internal fan which sucks the air from the input fans andpasses it to through the filters.
 15. The apparatus as described inclaim 1, further comprising having said case having an aromatic chambercontains the aromatic, the aromatic fan, the outlet fan and the airoutlet.
 16. The apparatus as described in claim 1, further comprisinghaving said case rectangular in shape.
 17. An apparatus to clean aircomprising: a case with a plurality of air inlets with a plurality ofinput fans at said air inlets where the air flows through a lime waterfilter, a silica gel filter and cellulose cotton with the air flowing byan aromatic and then through an air outlet, having a power source and anon/off switch connected to said fans, having said case having anoverhang extend out to form an ash tray area which serves to hold thesmoke from the ashtray so that in can be sucked in by the upper fan,having a smoke input chamber which holds the plurality of two inputfans, having a filter chamber which contains the internal fan whichsucks the air from the input fans and passes it to through the filtersand having an aromatic chamber contains the aromatic, the aromatic fan,the outlet fan and the air outlet.
 18. The apparatus as described inclaim 17, further comprising having said power source being a USB slot.19. The apparatus as described in claim 17, further comprising havingsaid power source being a battery.
 20. The apparatus as described inclaim 17, further comprising having the air flow from the input chamberto the filter chamber to the aromatic chamber to outside.